Not as much buzz in SEC's other showdownCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Looking for a buzz in college football this weekend? Maybe it's not this Southeastern Conference showdown. No. 8 Arkansas and No. 10 South Carolina both need a win Saturday simply to stay afloat in their divisions. They have leaned on one side of their teams to mask major flaws with the other and will all but be tuned out after 45 minutes of action when most fans flip over to the conference's No. 1 vs. 2 showcase between ...

15 down, one to go: Suns near perfectionTech ties school record for consecutive home wins For The Courier Arkansas Tech is one volleyball win away from an undefeated run through the Great American Conference in the league’s inaugural year. The Golden Suns (31-3 overall, 15-0 GAC) dispatched Southeastern Oklahoma State 25-23, 25-23, 25-12 at Tucker Coliseum on Thursday night to extend their overall winning streak to 14 consecutive matches and their home winning streak to 21 straight ...

Wonder Boys to wrap year at SWOSUArkansas Tech closes its football season Saturday when it travels to Weatherford, Okla., to face Southwestern Oklahoma State in a Great American Conference match-up at 2 p.m. at Fast Lane Stadium on the SWOSU campus. Saturday's season finale also will mark the final game for the Wonder Boys 19 seniors. The seniors this season are: tight end Josh Baker (Meriden, Kan.), defensive back Joe Bryant (Stuttgart), receiver Sean Carraway (Claremont, Ca...

Tech volleyball ranked seventhINDIANAPOLIS — Arkansas Tech (30-3 overall, 14-0 Great American Conference, 22-3 in-region) is ranked seventh in this week’s South Central regional rankings. The Golden Suns are the only GAC team ranked in this week’s second South Central Region poll. The rankings, compiled by the NCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball Committee, list the Top 10 teams in each of the NCAA’s eight Division II regions. At the end of the season, the top eight teams f...

Wonder Boys basketball ranked 24th in preseason pollsKANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team was tabbed 24th in the Preaseason NABC/Division II Coaches’ Top 25 poll released Tuesday. Tech finished the 2010-11 season 25-6 and advanced to the South Regional semifinals under first-year Head Coach Doug Karlskint. It was the third straight season the Wonder Boys reached the South Regional semifinals. Tech is one of two Great American Conference school mentioned in the poll as...

Suns basketball ranked 4th in preseason pollsThe Arkansas Tech Golden Suns basketball team is again expected to compete for a national championship, and they were tabbed as the No. 4 team in the country in the Preseason USA Today/ESPN WBCA Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday. Tech has been ranked in the Top 10 of the poll for 24 consecutive weeks dating back to the 2009-10 season and has been in the top 10 the past two preseason rankings. It is the second time this preseason Tech has been ran...

Hogs not sorry about their slow starts, they just want to do betterFAYETTEVILLE — The product hasn’t been pretty, but Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino said it’s certainly better than the alternative. Two days after his team escaped with a 31-28 win at Vanderbilt, Petrino didn’t apologize for his team’s 7-1 record or No. 7 ranking in the Bowl Championship Series standings. “I don’t feel like we’re playing as well as I want to play,” Petrino said. “But I’ve had years where you play really well in a game and all of ...

Tigers too much for TechTyler Vanderzee threw for 235 yards and Titus Mobley ran for 122 yards to lead the East Central Tigers to a 31-16 Great American Conference football victory over the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys at Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field in Russellville on Saturday. The Tigers (6-3 overall, 4-2 GAC) kept Arkansas Tech out of the end zone until late in the fourth quarter and used big plays on offense and special teams to build an insurmountable lead. East ...

Arkansas Tech tops in GAC preseason rankingsRUSSELLVILLE — Arkansas Tech is favored to win the inaugural season of men's basketball in the Great American Conference. Officials announced Wednesday the Wonder Boys had received nine first-place votes and 63 points in the preseason poll voted on by the league's head coaches. Arkansas Tech finished the 2010-2011 season with a 25-6 record. Harding was ranked second with one first-place vote and 54 overall points. The Bisons won the Gulf South...

Hogs wide receivers look to get back on trackFAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas senior Jarius Wright has had success all season, slipping open and catching passes en route to becoming the Southeastern Conference’s top pass receiver. But Wright was unusually quiet in Arkansas’ 29-24 win at Ole Miss, catching one pass for 20 yards. The big-play wideout only had a couple of balls thrown his way, too, and didn’t exactly know what to make of it. “It was a little bit different for me,” Wright said. “But ...

Big 12 approves WVU to replace MissouriThe Big 12 has a replacement lined up for Missouri before it even leaves the conference. The Big East, meanwhile, is in danger of losing another school before replacing the three that already have bailed on the league. Acting quickly to make sure it maintains a 10-member lineup, the Big 12 approved bringing in West Virginia to replace Missouri when the Tigers complete their move to the Southeastern Conference, a person with knowledge of the de...

The DJ showFAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas was looking for a spark in its run game when the second half of the season began against Ole Miss. Junior Dennis Johnson provided it during the 29-24 win, turning in a career day. But Johnson — who rushed for 160 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries — said after the win it was simply his best game “today,” insisting he had much more planned for the rest of the season. “There’s more to come,” Johnson said. Arkansas certai...

Hogs edge Rebels in OxfordOXFORD, Miss. — Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino spent the past two weeks urging his team to get off to better starts the rest of the season. Opponents scored first in Arkansas’ previous three games. The Razorbacks faced a couple of double-digit deficits, too. So, with Ole Miss struggling, Petrino didn’t want to give the Rebels any hope in front of their home crowd. Arkansas failed miserably in that regard Saturday. But the Razorbacks did prove, o...

Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys celebrate homecoming with 28-16 win over SEOSUArkansas Tech University established a new season high in rushing yardage Saturday night, but the Wonder Boys couldn’t celebrate a homecoming victory until the final 38 yards were in the books. Casey Henderson’s 38-yard touchdown run with 1:53 left in the fourth quarter sealed a 28-16 Arkansas Tech victory over the Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm in Great American Conference action at Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field in Russellville. Th...

Arkansas-Nutt matchup not quite as heatedFAYETTEVILLE — Houston Nutt hasn’t roamed Arkansas’ sideline since Nov. 2007, when nearly every current Razorback was still in high school. Now in his fourth-year at Ole Miss, Nutt has returned to Fayetteville with his new team twice. He’s faced the Razorbacks three times. And, after winning the first two meetings, Nutt and the Rebels finally suffered their first lost to the Razorbacks last October. So when the obvious topic — the Razorbacks f...

Arkansas Tech volleyball sweeps Arkansas-MonticelloLaura Farney’s ninth double-double of the season led the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns to a straight-sets victory over the Arkansas-Monticello Cotton Blossoms in Great American Conference volleyball at Tucker Coliseum in Russellville on Thursday night. Farney made 13 kills and 10 digs as the Golden Suns won by scores of 25-16, 25-16, 25-23. Arkansas Tech (28-3 overall, 12-0 GAC) collected its 20th consecutive home win, notched its 11th straight vi...

Suns volleyball beat SAU in straight sets, face Arkansas-Monticello tonightLaura Farney notched 14 kills and Sara Motsinger recorded 13 kills to lead the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns to a 25-11, 25-20, 25-21 Great American Conference victory over the Southern Arkansas Lady Muleriders on Tuesday night at Tucker Coliseum in Russellville. The Golden Suns (27-3, 11-0 GAC) picked up their 19th consecutive win at home and their 10th straight victory overall as they maintained sole possession of first place in the GAC volleyba...

Arkansas Tech students vote for homecoming courtArkansas Tech University students have elected six of their own to represent them on the 2011 homecoming court. Kasey Burgener of Hot Springs, Morgan Gray of Dardanelle, Chantel Moseby of Hamburg, Lauren Ragsdale of Russellville, Ashley Vick of Greenwood and Catherine Wilkins of Texarkana, Texas, were chosen for the court during homecoming elections on Oct. 12. The member of the court who received the most votes in that election will be crowne...

Arkansas Tech is figthing for fiveArkansas Tech will seek its fifth consecutive homecoming victory when the Wonder Boys host the Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm in Great American Conference football action on Saturday. Kickoff at Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field in Russellville is set for 6 p.m. Party at the Plaza will begin at 3 p.m. Game tickets will be available at the Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field ticket office. Those with a valid Tech identification card will be a...